The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.
I cut a 4-1/8" x 5-3/8" piece of Melon Mambo for the largest layer.
A 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock was cut for the top layer. I textured it using the "Beautiful Pattern" embossing folder. I taped it in place on top of the Melon Mambo piece.
The floral image is from the "Layers of Beauty" bundle. I had run across this on my worktable and it was already colored. What was I waiting for? I fussy cut it out but should have pulled out the bundle because there's a die in it to cut all of this out. Oh well, it is what it is!
The flowers were colored in using Blends pens. I had used Petal Pink light for the flowers. Then I used both light and dark Melon Mambo for the details. The leaves were colored in with light and dark Old Olive.
The words are from "The Right Words" set and were stamped using black Memento ink on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. I cut them out using a die from the "Banner Sayings" bundle. I taped it on top of a 7/8" x 2-5/8" piece of Melon Mambo and trimmed the ends to match the word piece.
Dimensionals were added to the back of the floral piece and it was set in place on the front of the card.
The words were taped in place next and the card was done.
I thought about adding some embellishments but I am going to be mailing this so I didn't want to have to spend any extra in postage.
It's always fun to run across something that is done being colored (though I am still wondering why I abandoned it), it makes putting a card together quick and easy!
Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda













